Busan Food Tour South Korea is DELICIOUS

in busan and the first meal i wanted to have was something that i've never tried before japchae the reviews on google reviews are so high here it's like a 4.5 star which is like unheard of in asia and it's right behind our hotel so we just dropped our bags off and we are starving there's a vending machine that has english like subtitles but we had a little difficulty with it the lady was so nice to help us they have a self-serve kimchi station which is one of my favorite things about korea they were so helpful this is such a chill spot it just opened so we're the first ones in i cannot wait to try our first bites in busan japchae is a glass noodle stir fry mixed with veggies and thinly sliced pork we've seen it served mostly as a side dish but this spot serves it as a lunch set with a side salad and a soup so i'm so surprised that my japchae comes with rice i assume that it would be more of a noodle dish but those glass noodles actually absorb the sauce super good they aren't slimy or anything they have a little bouncy texture and with that pork it's like a light sweet bulgogi style sauce i'm definitely gonna add some gochujang to it and koreans are banging that suit whenever you see a broth in korea just order it but ours came with an amazing clear beef or pork soup i'm not sure what it is but it is delicious so last year when we were in korea we were only in seoul but we kept eating everything with chopsticks and a lot of you told us that we were eating it wrong that you were supposed to use your spoon when you're in korea so we have our spoons and our chopsticks i am so excited this smells delicious mine actually smells so spicy they have a ton of spices on the table to self-serve there's a gochujang a bibimbap and two dressings but mine is so spicy i don't need to add anything to it it's like an eight out of ten i love korea so when you're researching busan it's definitely known for their seafood because they are right on the water but if you are looking for a delicious pork meal something easy something quick something chill definitely make this one of your spots to hit one of the main reasons that we came back to korea in the first place was for the korean fried chicken it is truly the best fried chicken on earth and you cannot leave korea without trying some we're trying a new spot called sun chicken today to get our chicken fix on so the place that we were looking for is called sun chicken but namsun chicken we looked online and it appears like they've just rebranded it's the same spot it's got crazy good reviews so let's get inside out of the cold and stuff our faces with some delicious fried chicken looks like yeah i'm excited oh this is the place this looks so good there is too many good flavor choices on this menu brandon could not decide i think we're going to end up getting a regular one as well so we ended up going with the garlic and the garlic flavors online looked amazing we also got some shrimp chips to start with i think came complimentary and there is a self bar which brandon super excited to get himself some more hot sauce we got two beers a soju and an order of chicken and i'm pretty sure we're going to get a second order of chicken as well this place is great the vibe is perfect it's exactly what we wanted oh my god wow thank you oh it smells so good they just pulled it out picked the bits apart oh it looks like kind of a honey sauce it might be sweet the garlic chips on top are so smelly oh my god they have to make these in-house i always start with a drum i don't know why it's just what i'm drawn to everyone else here seems to be eating with these little tongs so they don't get their hands messy when we were in seoul they always gave us plastic gloves but here they give you tongs it's kind of fun i do love to use my hands and i'll probably will for the majority of this it's so hot it's so hot it's so good oh it looks great is it crunchy i'm having a moment here give me a second i'll get back to you guys they use rice flour here and i twice fried the chicken so the skin is insanely crispy unlike anything you've ever had before it is a texture that you just cannot find in the states even at korean fried chicken places in america it is not even close the quality of the poultry here is so superior to what we have in the u.s the chicken itself is the star holy cow look at all the sauces underneath that the craziest part is that they sauce it so much and it still stays crispy i don't know how it stays crispy this is great i love the i'm surprised it's not sweet because it really does look like a honey sweet sauce it's not spicy it's not sweet it's just nice and savory and super garlicky i don't know how to use this little contraption they gave me oh it's so juicy inside whoa and when you're done into the bucket that's my favorite part it's like a little bit of accomplishment to be able to throw a bone inside of that thing we're down to two last pieces he says he can eat more every single person has the combo of half dry and half sweet regular sauce so we have to get it and then we asked for extra spicy sauce on the side so he gave us this oh yeah look at that oh that looks spicy yeah oh man we got too much i don't know how many pieces i have left in me it's all good i'll do i'll do damage i'll do damage also this sauce that we've ordered is a game changer it is so spicy and delicious this is way different than the other ones look at how juicy the freaking chicken is on its own that is insane this sauce is great nothing makes me happier than fried chicken except for korean fried chicken and namsam chicken here in busan is 10 out of 10 cheers today we are seeking out some gimbap specifically we are going to kong bong bing i think it's how you say that restaurant's name in search of korean style sushi they also serve different korean dishes as well so let's get inside and see what it's all about we decided to order the cold noodles a hot stone bibimbap and a gimbap the menu had english translations which was super helpful we didn't really research this spot before so we just kind of went with what the server suggested i love like every other restaurant there's complimentary self-serve soup and kimchi as well we got here right at opening so we had the choice of any table we wanted and i love the street view from their big windows we're right next to biff square which is like a bustling neighborhood the perfect spot to have breakfast we got one bulgogi gimbap which is like korea's answer to sushi and they're a little bit larger wrapped in seaweed and packed with like there's usually tamago and bean sprouts and other crunchy pickles the rice looks super chewy and dense and it is packed full this is definitely like two or three times the size of any japanese sushi that i've ever had it's enormous it's so big it looks so beautiful whole thing one bite yeah you got it one bite whoa there's so much going on crunchy radish crunchy carrots flavorful bulgogi that piece of egg lightly sweetened a little bit of crab the rice is a very different texture than the rice in my bibimbap the seaweed has great flavor whoa this is wild it's like a whole sushi buffet in i knew you would love this i knew you would love this i love these hot stone bibimbap because the rice keeps cooking on the bottom there so it gets really crunchy and flavorful mine comes with carrots cucumbers mushrooms some bean sprouts bulgogi a little bit of seaweed and that beautiful egg right on top you mix it all together and then the outside gets crunchy so you have some bits of chewy rice and crunchy rice it's just like the best flavor combination i got the chilled noodles i was expecting them to be glass noodles but it looks like they're buckwheat noodles packed high with cabbage and a red sauce with some bean sprouts and carrots some sesame seeds and it looks like there's a soft boiled egg on top oh they're very very thin i think they are buckwheat noodles i think i'm supposed to mix this so that every bit gets the sauce so give me a second to do that whoa it's this bowl is the gift that keeps on giving it's packed high the thing that stands out right away is just how chewy the noodles are we don't really have noodles like this back in the u.s but they are elastic in the best way they hold on to that spicy gochujang based sauce too it's a little bit sweeter than regular gochujang i love the thinly shaved cabbage on there it gives like a fresh bite i could see eating this for breakfast all the time it's absolutely delicious so i'm already halfway through my meal and i realized that they gave me scissors for a reason i was curious because i was trying to slurp the noodles and they're too chewy so they've given me scissors and i'm supposed to cut this i forget that i've learned that already so i probably look like a fool anytime you give me a weapon at lunchtime i'm a happy dude looks like a much more manageable bite uh the people are super friendly so they helped us pick up the water one of the things you absolutely have to try when you come to korea is one of their famous egg toast so we found this place called shin chang toast it is an operation that's run by just one gentleman and he's super kind you got to check this place out these toasts are always so fun to be watching they they like mix all the batter with some of that cabbage almost like a cabbage pancake as they're griddling everything and then they'll toast the bread flipping and just making sure that everything's cooked and then they put sauce on everything this place has a cool little eating area the inside of this place is super cool there's writing on the walls like graffiti style there's photos of the owner all over the place it's such a tiny little shop you would never know that there was seating tucked back here because from the outside he looks like just a street stall guy he graciously let us record but when you come there's no video recordings as he doesn't want his face all over the internet we got two of the special toasts which come with egg cabbage cheese ham and a special sauce on this toasted buttered bread his toast is like spot on it's like one of the best pieces of toast i've ever had and it's probably just regular white bread but he toasts it to perfection i love the cabbage i can seriously not think of a better breakfast than this it's perfect immediately this is the best one of these i've ever had i'm not sure if it's the last one that we're going to have on this trip but this one is probably going to be the best that might be the coolest man i've ever met do not miss this place when you come to busan also this little area that we're in has tons of cool thrift shopping and is a must see by far the thing that we missed the most about the last time in korea was the salt bread we found a place that is highly rated in busan so we're so excited to have our first bite of salt bread in korea so many choices it smells so good in here also this place doesn't open till 12 30 which is pretty late for american standards to have your breakfast at 12 30 is nuts busan closes early and opens late they're on their own time it's awesome i love it she asked us if we wanted them heated so she's going to heat some of them for us and you can eat them at the cafe next door if you buy drinks as well so we have four bites to eat we're going to get two coffees i'm so excited what a way to start the day all right the pro tip is to take this stuff next door to the cafe so we went a little crazy in there we got the original salt bread a stuffed cream cheese and green onion a gorgonzola honey sesame salt bread so if you want to eat it for here the bakery next door doesn't have enough seating so you can eat it at the coffee shop next door as long as each person in your party orders a drink bring it got this crazy black sesame ice cream coffee and i just got an american the black sesame flavor is so strong mixed with that espresso it's like an affogato but with a flavor i've never had before i can't believe it i've never had anything like this this is perfect now that we have our coffee with us i'm going to try this cream cheese green onion and there's little flicks in there it's just like cream cheese back home but with honey inside of it and then onions on top i mean the star is definitely the salt bread yeah i could eat the salt bread itself is a 10 out of 10 for me i would get another couple of those so the insane thing is just how buttery these things are look at just how chewy it is that's the craziest thing about it it's kind of like a one layer croissant that's hollow in the middle but it's actually incredible it is buttery like a popcorn especially with those sprinkles of sea salt the salt is super salty but there's not that much the texture is what is addicting because it just pulls apart once you take a bite it is so chewy but the outside is crispy it looks so underrated but i can't tell you how delicious this bread is and when they stuff it it like levels it up even more this was a last minute purchase for brandon it is the gorgonzola honey the gorgonzola out in your slaps i'm excited to try this i'm gonna cut into it it is like a salt bread sandwich with sesame seeds on top oh man it looks like it was designed to be stuffed the smell is wild there's so many flavors going on in my nose right now the bitter gorgonzola with the sweet honey and then the crunchy sesame seeds this is fantastic oh my god normal salt bread is so good i did not think that they could level it up this much whoa this is amazing this is perfect can't go wrong anyone you choose is gonna be this bakery is legit so obviously malls in korea are on a completely different level so make sure that you grab something to eat when you come to a latte mall because they have these crazy sprawling food courts they even have dine-in restaurants inside of them so we were gonna find a place today to go and have this spicy tofu soup but brandon wasn't feeling spicy because he ate too much spicy yesterday but i love a mall because you can each get something completely different from two different restaurants whereas if we were to go out into a spicy stew restaurant we would both have to get a stew this is more fun because he got a pasta and i got a bibimbap and a stew and all of this was what 14 bucks yeah nuts nuts i love a mall food court what is that is it cheese this is it was called basil pasta it looks like there's black olives cherry tomatoes chunks of garlic noodles in asia at italian pasta places are always on the firm side which i absolutely love like you never get like a super soft mushy noodle i can't you gotta try it i can't believe how spicy it is whenever i make pasta at home i always put like sriracha and hot sauce and chili flakes and everything into it and i always make my pasta very spicy this is way spicier than i would even make it at home it's absolutely incredible i've never had a pesto sauce that is so hot like there's so much chili in there it's crazy and the more you eat the hotter it gets it's way better than i was expecting and i'm glad that i went with the pasta option here in busan all right so i know that there's better places to get this outside of the mall but we were here we wanted to watch a fountain show we needed some coffee and this is convenient so look at those huge chunks of tofu oh my god is there kimchi on there yeah it's kimchi tofu bubbling soup i love that this tofu stew is so spicy the latte mall bring in the freaking heat today don't skimp on the mall food courts when you go to new countries because they are nothing like we have in america we've had this place before and we really do like it and it is kind of a unique experience this place acts with a quickness you scan your card right after you order so you're already paid up we ordered two beef shabu shabu sets oh and they're already here oh my gosh there's so much we got mushrooms on here pumpkin some tofu cabbage bean sprouts there's some dumplings obviously all that beef man what an awesome hot pot setup it's just such a crazy experience like with your individual hot pot it's like a solo traveler's dream nice and light super healthy way to start the day i think it is i think it is delicious so good the food you find in a mall in korea okay so busan is known for closing early which is crazy because the streets are empty right now this place is open 24 hours it's just around the corner from our hotel we have come in for some spicy soup in a boiling pot like they serve it some dumplings and some if you only eat one thing in korea make it soup their boiling soups are absolutely incredible it's always so crazy how hot everything is temperature wise like i can do nothing with this right now because it is just so piping hot the soup has a little bit of everything there's enoki mushrooms even some egg some seaweed some green onions and then huge chunks of different cuts of oxtail i think oh there's glass noodles inside of it too this thing is wild this is freaking amazing it's so hard to find places that are open 24 hours but for some reason in korea they're always these hot soup places and i forgot that we watched a video that they said that they eat their hangover meal the night before so they don't get hungover which now it makes more sense places like this are open 24 hours for us we get drunk then we try to recover the next day with if we did that the night before maybe we wouldn't be hungover i think they haven't figured out korea's living in 2050 guys we're all falling behind speaking of that's probably another reason there's no music in these places because people are just like coming in like after a night just killing it all right we've eaten most of it and so all that's left is the spicy broth in the bottom here i'm gonna put all the rest of the rice in there by far the best way to eat this soup is to mix the rice inside of it it's also probably a more efficient way to cool it down in the beginning if it's your first time in korea maybe get drunk before you come to one of these places because it seems like so business-like they take your order they give you the food they pay you're gone a crazy experience it is one that you have to have in my opinion the soup alone is worth